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Re: questions about bits and bytes

To: jim bell <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: questions about bits and bytes
From: Simon Spero <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 18:29:39 -0700 (PDT)
cc: Bill Stewart <[email protected]>, Jack Mott <[email protected]>, [email protected]
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
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No, bytes are no always 8 bits - some machines use(d) 9-bit bytes. That's 
why we have the word octet.



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